Years active from 1992 (screen) Name William Takaku | ||
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Died 2011, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Movies Daniel Dafoe's Robinson Crusoe Nationality American Similar Rod Hardy, Polly Walker, Pierce Brosnan | ||
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William Takaku (died 3 January 2011) was a Papua New Guinean film, television and theatre actor. He was also a Screenwriter and a former theatre director.
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Robinson Crusoé - Legendado
Career
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he travelled far from his birthplace on the island of Bougainville, as a Storyteller and spokesperson for his people. They had recently expelled from the island copper mining operations which had been polluting the river they depended upon. [1] In June 1991, he was a guest speaker and storyteller at the International Gathering of Mother Earth's People, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He was for a time director of the National Theatre Company in Papua New Guinea.
He co-wrote, with Albert Toro, and directed the television miniseries Warriors in Transit (1992). Takaku has also directed the Milne Bay Provincial Theatre Group.
As an actor, he took on the role of Man Friday, co-starring with Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 film "Robinson Crusoe." Additionally, he portrayed the character Magnus in the 1998 television miniseries "The Violent Earth."